Map Key
Hebridean Way
Great Glen Way
West Highland Way
Ferry
Bus
Train
Status:
Walk Complete
Lat, long:
55.94151, -4.31756
Location:
Milngavie
Distance Covered
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Total ascent
Calories Burnt
Average Speed
Moving Time
Distance Remaining
A happy man takes a walk
When I got into this walking lark I was really worried about it. Going back to my first hike, when I walked from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay, I thought that people would judge me as I turned up at the beach. They’d be thinking, ‘oh, there goes another one of those...
Toastie feet
It’s amazing how a little gesture by someone can make someone else’s day. It doesn’t have to be something big. Just a small act of kindness, can make all the difference. When I was walking on a lot of roads on the Outer Hebrides, it always made me feel happy if a...
Just walk straight through
Many years ago I used to go to school. More specifically, at the age of 11, I went to Brookvale High School. It’s funny because in those days we used to call it year one, or being a first year. This was because you’d now arrived at high school and it was your first...
Appalling diet
The human body is incredible. It’s just absolutely mind boggling what it’s capable of. The last couple of weeks my diet has mainly consisted of, noodles, supermarket sandwiches, crisps, nutty bar type things, and chocolate. Oh, and that toastie I had yesterday and...
Click the like button
I’m really glad that I write about my walks. Sometimes, when I’m tired at the end of the day, and all I want to do is rest and do nothing, it’s a bit of a pain. But I do like looking back on what I’ve written and I feel very lucky that I’ve got a record of what I’ve...
No time for long goodbyes
I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. Finishing one trail and then immediately starting another. Normally I like to hang around a bit to celebrate. Maybe treat myself to some chicken nuggets or even a glass of wine. After going without for a few days it’s always...
Am I still enough?
It’s funny how the smallest of things can have the biggest impact. Certainly to our minds anyway. When I was at university I had a friend. I can’t even remember his name now. Which makes this worse. He was really clever, now that I do remember - certainly more clever...
It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas
I’ve had to deal with a lot of different smells on this trip. Most of them are not great. I think the worst, so far, was back on North Uist where my left hand a wrist smelt like sheep poo for most of a day. It didn’t matter what I did, washing multiple times, I could...
Good composition?
It’s funny how things turn out. How certain events can shape your future, and normally not in a way you expect. I’m not sure I believe in fate although some of the things that have happened to me do make me wonder. But, having a science background, I sort of know that...
Eau de sock
I had to look up the literal translation of eau de toilette. It basically means ‘water of the toilet’, or ‘toilet water’. I wanted to check if my joke worked. And it sort of does. I don’t think anyone would buy sock water. Not if it was made from my socks anyway....
Getting better at the pole vault
I was nearing the end of my walking day - which, by the way is preferable to a working day - and I saw on the map that the path went one way around a hill, and the road went around the other. Now, I’ve been caught out a number of times by the ‘paths’ that make up the...
Always check your settings
I’m not sure when it happened exactly, but I do know it was around the time that I’d been defeated by another boggy path. This one had shown so much promise as well. It was really well made, very solid under foot, incredible views. It was like a special corridor...
Day of the Triffids
When I was young I used to go to the cubs. It was like scouts but for the younger kids. Beavers - for the even younger kids - hadn’t been invented yet. Yes, I’m that old. Anyway, there are two main things I remember from my time at cubs. The first was that the jumper...